Hello there! I am a lifelong writer, who penned her first memoir in second grade and whose first job, as a high school freshman, was as an assistant to the editor of the Somerset [NJ] Spectator community newspaper.read full bio

Reporting Lives

Though I’ve tried (well, kinda) to keep them off this site, my political leanings are probably pretty obvious. Still, I’ve managed to keep my [social media] mouth shut for several long months of a Presidential campaign. And, reader, it’s killing me. [Read on at your own peril. And I hope we can still be friends.]

Though I’ve tried (well, kinda) to keep them off this site, my political leanings are probably pretty obvious. Still, I’ve managed to keep my [social media] mouth shut for several long months of a Presidential campaign. And, reader, it’s killing me. [Read on at your own peril. And I hope we can still be friends.]

He is carefully dressed in traveling clothes, matching, brightly colored. And the little sneakers – the kind that are not easy to get on to your three year old’s feet, but that, in their sturdiness, make you feel like you have done something to make him just a little bit safer in the bumpy, slippery world. The

Are the two compatible? Probably not. But life is long. You don’t have to do everything at once. I saw The End of the Tour on Saturday night – probably required viewing for any fiction writer or writer-about-fiction-writers. The movie has gotten deservedly great reviews from film critics far more astute than me, so I’ll spare you